I just found that the LDraw library on my laptop was outdated and downloaded complete.zip to install a new one. Considering that it's a zip and how LDraw files are all textual I wondered how well 7-zip would recompress it, and pretty well it did: the 36MB complete.zip reduced to a 22MB complete.7z (with -mx=9, i.e. max compression).

Maybe we could compress the complete library archive with 7zip and save bandwidth?

Since we talked about tribal knowledge: I wasn't aware of s\3626bs05.dat - Minifig Head - Half Front Face Optional Lines and it would have helped enormously when working on the western heads. The same goes for the torso subparts.

But there is more: s\45407s01.dat - Wedge  4 x  4 with  1 x  4 Side Plates - Peghole Tube Elbow is used in more than 45407.

I think the main problem is that we do not have a chart for these parts as we have for the http://www.ldraw.org/library/primref/

I propose to convert these useful subparts to primitives.

w.

I am reading this page:

http://www.leocad.org/docs/library.html

I am trying to use a few unofficial parts I created alongside the default library. Is it sufficient to just insert the custom parts into "ldrawunf.zip"?

Or is it necessary to do this:

Quote:If you are using your own custom library with loose files then all you need to do is make sure you update or delete parts.lst and the parts should be visible next time you start LeoCAD.

I have images such as the attached ones. What is the best way to under/overlay the images in an ldraw editor so that I can build to match them? Does some software support this? I *may* possibly be able to export them as SVG or PostScript. Thanks.

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Topic for the Modular Buildings theme.

Current Modulars List:
10182 Café Corner (2007) (On OMR)
10185 Green Grocer (2008) (On OMR)
10190 Market Street (2007) (On OMR)
10197 Fire Brigade (2009) (On OMR)
10211 Grand Emporium (2010) (Posted below)
10218 Pet Shop (2011) (On OMR)
10224 Town Hall (2012) (On OMR)
10230 Mini Modulars (2012) (On OMR)
10232 Palace Cinema (2013) (Posted below)
10243 Parisian Restaurant (2014) (On OMR)
10246 Detective's Office (2015)  (On OMR)
10251 Brick Bank (2016)  (On OMR)
10255 Assembly Square (2017) (Posted below)
10260 Downtown Diner (2018) (Posted below)
10264 Corner Garage (2019)  (On OMR)
10270 Bookshop (2020)  (On OMR)
10278 Police Station (2021) (Posted below)
10297 Boutique Hotel (2022) (Posted below)
10312 Jazz Club (2023) (TBD)

Good evening everybody,

I have this file and i want to open it in ldview, it opens but it also give several errors.
anyone idea how to solve these errors ?

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Hi folks,

I am looking for either (or both) of these heads:
Are these in LDraw?

https://brickset.com/parts/6124264
6124264: Mini Head "No. 1776"


https://brickset.com/parts/6112633
6112633: Mini Head "No. 1666"

Thanks.

We've created this new forum that is only viewable by PT Authors and Reviewers to allow candid discussions regarding Parts Tracker issues. To kick things off, there has been some internal discussion about what, exactly should require a HOLD vote for a part.

Since I'm the one posting this, I'll start with my suggestions:

Things the should require a HOLD:
- Wrong part number
- Wrong or questionable origin
- Invalid syntax
- Blatantly wrong geometry

Things that should generate a warning but not a HOLD:
- Small gaps
- Wrong KEYWORDS or CATEGORY
- Semantics issues like, this should be a subpart
- Anything that the PT Admin can fix (e.g. Header issues)
- Minor color problems
- Basically anything that can be fixed after initial release without breaking models that use the part.

PT Admin shall have the final say on all Parts issues.

Feature request of the day:

I was trying to search my model for a specific part (either by part number or part of the description) in a specific color but couldn't. Tried to work around by using the history part usage but there are just uncolored versions. Tried to us Select in the Parts Project Window but it is to generic. Found further out that adding my set to the "Part listings of lego (sic!) sets" is a pain in the ass - beside the fact that it's an uncolored inventory.

To make it short you cannot search for a part in a set - or I was simply too dumb for it.

w.

The Lego Power Tools book states parts are named #LEGOreferencenumber#. These are stated to be the numbers printed on physical blocks. I am assuming these are the same numbers Lego uses in instruction manuals.  Going to the top brick in Lego friends 41007, the number is 4113261, a 2x2x2. I could not find 4113261.dat in my LDraw\parts directory of the parts tracker online. So I looked for 300101 a 2 x 4 x 1. Could not find that either. What am I doing wrong? Thanks.